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Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers Up Close and Personal
by
Jack Levin
After twenty-five years of investigating, analyzing, and interviewing serial killers, their family members, neighbors, and even surviving victims, Jack Levin has become one of the world’s most respected experts on the motivations and modus operandi of dangerous criminals. In this gripping book, he taps his wealth of experience with the criminal mind to offer lessons for la...more
Hardcover, 233 pages
Published
February 28th 2008
by Prometheus Books
(first published February 1st 2008)
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Don't expect a definitive study of the criminal mind when you pick up this book. Author Levin gives a rather general view of his own experiences in interviewing killers and the conclusions to which he comes regarding them. He chooses certain characteristics and then discusses which killers have or don't have them. As such, this book is more about a criminal profiler's mind in doing his work, and yes, he does mention that he doesn't sleep well at night.
I love these kinds of books, I cant get enough. Criminology is fascinating.
Really interesting! (and quite terrifying) This was very well-written.
Seems Serial Killers are messed up people, who knew?
A very well-written and well-thought-out book. The title is a bit of a misnomer, as this book covers many types of murder besides serial murder. The author even discusses some cases where the killer might be innocent. (I had no idea some people still doubted Charles Manson's guilt!) He has interviewed many of the famous murderers he writes about, and discusses his impressions of them in a way that makes them seem very real to me.
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Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches courses in prejudice and violence.
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